Knowledge on first aid and emergency management among play school teacher of Lalitpur district

Abstract

Background: First aid management is the temporary and immediate treatment given to a person who is injured or suddenly ill, using facilities or materials available at that time before regular medical help is impacted. School Teachers have a pivotal role in dissemination of knowledge and development of positive attitude towards any disease among school children. There is a definite need for an intensive health education considering every disease as serious and take emergency care rather than neglecting the myths and misconceptions. First aid makes the difference between life and death, sometimes, more recently, with a children , it is clear that a little knowledge of first aid will go a long way in saving live. Methodology: The study was cross-sectional descriptive study design in which semi structured questionnaire was used to generate quantitative data to gain insight into institutional knowledge and management on first aid. Non- probability purposive sampling was taken from Lalitpur municipality. Primary data was collected by self-administrative through pre-school. The sampling size was 165. The data will be analyzed through epi-data 3.1. SPSS will be used for the data analysis and interpretation, descriptive statistical will be studied and bivalent analysis will be done between dependent and independent variables. Result: The majority of teachers were female between age group 22-38 with frequency 121 (73.3%). The overall knowledge of the participant was fair in all first aid domains except the general information on management was good. Vast majority of participants’ teacher had positive response towards first aid primary schools. The lowest teacher management response was toward medical condition. There is no significant relationship between the management with age, gender, monthly income but there is significant relation between educational status. Conclusion: In this study majority of participant has positive attitude for first aid. Most respondents agreed that giving first aid was helpful, the vast majority believe the importance and usefulness learning first aid. Children's times mostly spend in school under direct supervision of teachers. Consequently, first-aid should be well-known by teachers who are the key personnel to deal with urgent health needs during school hours.